The first authors set the standard everything else is measured against.
If you are doing serious work in computing systems, ML systems, infrastructure, security, robotics, or adjacent production systems, the inaugural issue is the right place to publish it first.
What inaugural authors receive
Expedited review
Inaugural issue submissions receive priority reviewer assignment. Target decision turnaround of 6 weeks from full paper submission - 2 weeks faster than the standard 8-week target.
Featured placement
All articles in Volume 1, Issue 1 receive featured placement on the journal homepage and in all first-year promotional materials. The inaugural issue is the one that gets cited when the journal is referenced.
Early-indexing priority
The editorial team will submit Volume 1 articles to Google Scholar, CrossRef, and relevant academic databases on publication. Inaugural authors benefit from maximum indexing lead time before Volume 2.
Founding contributor designation
Authors published in Volume 1 receive a permanent "Founding Contributor" designation on their SYLEN profile and in the journal record. This designation is not available to authors published in later volumes.
Complimentary membership
Corresponding authors of accepted Volume 1 articles receive complimentary SYLEN membership for one year from the date of publication.
Named in perpetuity
Volume 1, Issue 1 contributors are listed in the inaugural acknowledgments section and on the journal's permanent founding-contributors record.
Who should submit to Volume 1
The editorial team is actively recruiting submissions from practitioners and researchers who have something concrete to say about computing and ML systems in practice, particularly:
- Teams that have shipped ML systems, infrastructure, or internal platforms and have lessons learned to share
- Researchers with rigorous evaluation results for systems methods, tools, or production architectures
- Practitioners who have built reliability, security, or observability workflows at meaningful scale
- Engineers with a practitioner-grade perspective on where the field is heading, backed by experience rather than opinion alone
- Authors with strong conference papers who want a journal-quality home for extended or follow-on work
All six article types are in scope for the inaugural issue: research articles, industrial practice reports, surveys, perspectives, tool and method evaluations, and tutorials. See the full call for papers for scope and length guidelines.
Pre-submission inquiry
Not sure if your work is in scope?
If you are working on something relevant and want to know whether it fits before committing to a full submission, email the editorial team with a 2–3 sentence description of the work. We will respond within one week with a scope assessment.
Email the editorial team →Submit to Volume 1
Start with a 400–600 word abstract.
The first step is an abstract - no full manuscript required yet. If the editorial team confirms scope fit, you will receive an invitation to submit the full paper with an expedited review timeline.